| Vintage: |
2003 |
| Origin: |
Elgin Wine of Origin |
| Variety: |
Chardonnay |
| Soil type: |
Sandstone and Shale |
| Harvesting date: |
Harvesting commenced on the 28th of February 2003 |
| Yield: |
5.3 tons/ha or 32 hl/ha |
| Harvest statistics: |
Harvested between 23.5şB
TA 7.2 g/litre
pH 3.25 |
| Vinification: |
100% Barrel fermented, using 40% new and the balance in one-year old French oak (228 Litre barriques). 40% Malolactic fermentation completed. |
| Maturation: |
10 Months in the same barrels in which the wine fermented. 100% Lees stirring (batonage), every week. |
| Bottling: |
December 2003 |
| Analysis: |
Alcohol 13.5 Vol%
Residual sugar 1.4 g/litre
TA 6.3 g/litre
pH 3.23 |
| Tasting notes: |
Light goldish green. Very youthful lime/melon aromas and some subdued oak. Pleasing ripe melon/tropical fruit flavours, restrained mineral edge with excellent length and elegance. |
